Tag: Francisco Caraballo

The Orix Buffaloes announced that they reached an agreement with thirty-one-year-old outfielder Francisco Caraballo and assigned him the uniform number 99. The media is reporting the two sides agreed to a one-year deal worth an estimated ten million yen. This will be Caraballo's second tour of duty with the Buffaloes.

The Buffaloes announced that Francisco Caraballohad surgery on his left wrist on the 25th in Venezuela. Caraballo was originally scheduled to return to Japan on the 25th, but with the surgery, the club is no longer when he'll return.

UPDATE 3/27 @ 1:07pm - It seems the Buffaloes think Caraballo could miss the entire season. As of now, he's also scheduled to return to Japan on 4/3.

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Francisco Caraballo (ORI) hit a grand slam in the 4th to give the Buffaloes a 4-0 lead. In the bottom of the 5th, with the Buffaloes now holding a 5-0 lead, Tadahito Iguchi (LOT) nailed a grand slam to bring the Marines to within 1 run of tying the game.

The last time two players from opposing teams hit grand slams in one game was on 6/14/2009 (Aaron Guiel for the Yakult Swallows in the 5th and Ikki for the Orix Buffaloes in the 7th).

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It seems Orix Buffaloes were looking for another power bat and apparently found a match in 26-year-old BC League outfielder, Francisco Caraballo.

Caraballo has spent the last two years in Japan, playing for the Kochi Fighting Dogs (Island League) last season, and the Gunma Diamond Pegasus Baseball Club (BC League) this season. With the Fighting Dogs, Caraballo smashed 18 homers and drove in 76 RBI over 79 games (both league highs).